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LV= has launched a new website for advisers.

Swiss Re believes the insurance and reinsurance sectors will continue their "U-shaped" recoveries in 2010 alongside the major global economies.

BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

A sharp 1% rise for the Dow Jones in early trading has extended gains for the FTSE 100 this afternoon, as fears over Dubai debt exposures continued to wane.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) today declared 15 investment firms in default - eight of which are IFAs.

Aegon and Canada Life will both begin using postcode pricing for their annuities this month.

Capita Financial Software has added business term protection and private medical insurance to its Webline quotation and e-apply portal.

Fortis Life UK has launched a new partnership with adviser network Sesame.

The NHS in England must get better at diagnosing cancers at an earlier stage if it is to improve survival rates, the cancer tsar has said.

Scottish Provident has launched an online Life Matrix program.